Paper Thin Hotel Chords
Paper Thin Hotel by Leonard Cohen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, D, Gm, C, Am, Ab, Dm, F#m, Bm, G, Bb and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
F D Gm C
The walls of this hotel are paper-thin
F D Gm C
Last night I heard you making love to him
Am Ab C D
The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb
Dm F#m F Bm G
The grunt of unity when he came in
F Bb
I stood there with my ear against the wall
F Bb
I was not seized by jealousy at all
F Gm
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
C F Dm
I heard that love was out of my control
F Gm
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
C F Dm
I heard that love was out of my control
Verse
F D Gm C
I listened to your kisses at the door
F D Gm C
I never heard the world so clear before
Am C D
You ran your bath and you began to sing
Dm C# F#m F G
I felt so good I couldn't feel a thing
F Bb
I stood there with my ear against the wall
F C Bb
I was not seized by jealousy at all
F Gm
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
C F Dm
I heard that love was out of my control
F Gm
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
C F Dm F Dm Gm C
I heard that love was out of my control
Gm C
Verse
F D Gm C
And I can't wait to tell you to your face
F D Gm C
And I can't wait for you to take my place
F Gm
You are The Naked Angel In My Heart
F Gm
You are The Woman With Her Legs Apart
F Gm
It's written on the walls of this hotel
C F
You go to heaven once you've been to hell
Gm C F Gm
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
C
I heard that love was out of my control